* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers Korean won weakens against dollar South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
SEOUL, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares climbed on Friday, as battery makers jumped after industry leader LG Energy Solution reported a rise in quarterly profit. The won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.
** The benchmark KOSPI was up 13.62 points, or 0.55%, at 2,483.96, as of 0106 GMT, after falling as much as 0.68% earlier in the session.
** For the week, the benchmark was up by more than 0.5%, after three straight weekly falls.
** LG Energy Solution rose 3.80% after reporting a jump of 43% in quarterly profit, helped by increased output from its U.S. joint-venture factory with General Motors.
** Peers Samsung SDI and SK Innovation were up 4.17% and 3.66%, respectively, while battery materials makers LG Chem and POSCO Holdings rose 4.33% and 2.63%, respectively.
** Among other index heavyweights, online platform companies rose, but chipmakers and biopharmaceutical manufacturers fell.
** Of the total 934 traded issues, 590 shares advanced, while 276 declined.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 95.2 billion won ($71.14 million) on the main board.
** For the week, they have bought 650 billion won, after selling 560 billion won the week before, which was the first weekly sale in seven weeks.
** The won was quoted at 1,338.4 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.19% lower than its previous close at 1,335.8.
** The won has risen 0.05% so far this week, after dropping 1.9% in the prior week.
** In money and debt markets, March futures on three-year treasury bonds rose 0.13 point to 104.94.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 4.8 basis points to 3.266%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 3.5 basis points to 3.387%. ($1 = 1,338.1300 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu)